Picture-exhibition device.



SIV H. STRONG. PICTURE EXHIBITION DBVICE. APPLIoA'rIoN FILED Dna'.6,1912.

Patented Jan. 20, 1914. EL.

ATTORNEY CULUMBIA PLANOGRAPK `cowAsHlNuToN D TED STATES PATENT FFIGE.

SEBERT H. STRONG, OF BING-HAMTON, 'NEW YORK.

PICTURE-EXHIBITION :DEVICEf Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 2G, i914.,

Application filed December 6, 1912. Serial No. 735,248.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SEBERT H. STRONG, a citizen of the United States,residing at Binghamton, in the county of Broome and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Picture- ExhibitionDevices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in picture exhibition devices inwhich a picpicture is mounted on a frame, which has mounted upon it arod supporting a series of curtains closed over the picture by a springwire device and cord, the curtains of which may be closed together oropened by the manipulation of a centrally connecting wire, an thus thepicture may be suddenly revealed or suddenly concealed for the purpose oattracting attention.

IVith this object in View, my invention consists in certain novelfeatures of construction and arrangement of parts as will be hereinaftermore fully described and pointed out in the claim, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a front view andshows the curtain closed and picture concealed, Fig. 2- iis a front viewand shows the curtains drawn apart, Fig. 3 is a rear View and Fig. 4 isa vertical section taken on line 4-4 of Fig. l.

The same reference characters denote like parts in each of the severalfigures of the drawing.

In carrying out my invention, I provide the frame A on which is mountedthe canvas or picture surface, B, having upon it the picture or otherdesign, C. Mounted on the front of the frame A, is a curtain pole Dsupported by wire rods or pins Q, and upon the pole the rings, 3, 3, 3etc., from which is suspended the curtain E and E2. Fastened to, orattached tocurtain E at m is the cord a: and to the curtain E2 at n thecord y. Through the frame A extend the openings a, b, c and d. The cord3/ passes through the openings a and el, and the cord passes through theopenings b and c. On the back of the frame A are mounted pulleys e, f, gand 71 also the pulleys z' and j. The

cord g/ after passing through the opening d, passes over the pulley fand down to and is connected with a spiral spring L, secured at itslower end to the frame, and passing through the opening c, it passesover the pulley g, thence over the pulley ,7' and down to the union ofthe cord y with a; at l. The cord m is attached at one end to the springL', fastened at its lower end to the frame, and extends over the pulleyit, through the opening Z) to the front of the frame and back throughthe opening c, thence over the pulley to the union Z with the cord y.From the union Z extends the single cord e over the pulley 76,' thecords and g/ drawing in opposite directions hold the curtains F/ and E2together until drawn apart by pulling on the cord s. Then the cord a isreleased the curtains by means of the springs are drawn quickly togetheragain. 'Ihus the figure upon the canvas beneath the curtains can beinstantly disclosed and instantly again concealed. The picture may, forinstance, be hung in a public place, the cord a being extended to somepoint where it can be easily reached by an attendant and manipulated,and the attention of the public drawn to the picture by the suddenmovement of the curtain cords, causing the picture to suddenly burstupon their view.

I-Iaving thus described my invention, what I claim as new and for whichI desire Letters Patent, is as follows:

In a picture exhibition device a. picture frame, a curtain rod mountednear the top of said frame, a divided curtain slidably mounted onsaidrod, cords attached to said curtain and extending at both ends tothe back side of said frame, pulleys for said cords upon the back sideof said frame, springs attached tothe frame and to one end of each cordand a cord attached to the other ends of both cords for operating thesame and the curtain against the tension of said springs.

In testimony whereof I have aihxed my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

SEBERT I'I. STRONG.

Witnesses:

S. A. VALENTINE, A. M. SNYDER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patenti, Washington, D. C.

